Institution, he has spoken here on a number of occasions. Most of you know dr. James mcpherson is the henry davis 86 professor at Princeton University where he has taught history for more than four decades. Here earned his phd at Johns Hopkins university where he studied under the great woodward. Mcpherson is a twotime winner of the which he earned in 1997. And for his 2008 effort, Abraham Lincoln as commanderinchief. His most recent books which we have in the back is the war that forged a nation. Why the civil war still matters. Today, this evening, will be focusing on battle cry of freedom. It was published in 1988. 900 pages long, complete with 1500 footnotes. But that did not scare away popular audiences at all. It sold more than 600,000 copies. Are we close to 700,000 now . About. Must have a ton of twitter followers. [laughter] if i do i am not aware of it. [laughter] how about facebook . No. Im not aware of that either. We can set you up after this. [laughter] battle cry of free
Pulitzer prize for battle cry of freedom the civil war era. I would like to welcome doctor james mcpherson. He is a longtime friend of the institution, he has spoken here on a number of occasions. Most of you know dr. James mcpherson is the henry davis 86 professor at Princeton University where he has taught history for more than four decades. Here earned his phd at Johns Hopkins university where he studied under the great woodward. Mcpherson is a twotime winner of the which he earned in 1997. And for his 2008 effort, Abraham Lincoln as commanderinchief. His most recent books which we have in the back is the war that forged a nation. Why the civil war still matters. Today, this evening, will be focusing on battle cry of freedom. It was published in 1988. 900 pages long, complete with 1500 footnotes. But that did not scare away popular audiences at all. It sold more than 600,000 copies. Are we close to 700,000 now . About. Must have a ton of twitter followers. [laughter] if i do i am no
1. 2 million. R this is the type of waste that is in our government. Sunday night 8 eastern on cspans q a. Washington journal continues. Senior ris meissner, fellow and director at Migration Policy Institute, joins us on the day the Trump Administration announcing plans for the future of the daca program. Meissner, help us understand who these socalled they,rs are, how many are how long have they been in the United States on average . Uest well, theyre a group of people who were designated in the last administration by obama as eligible for a program that he created, daca, deferred action for childhood rrival, created in 2012, june of 2012. And it said that young people brought them have here, whose parents are illegally in the country and their children, were ligible for deferral of deportation, as long as they had country already five years, were 16 years old and were in school. Didnt have any kind of a criminal record. Began to be program implemented in august of 2012 and since that
You can read the rest of that story in roll call. We have more on todays daca announcement and immigration policies in general. From todays washington journal, this is about half an hour. Host joining us on the day that the Trump Administration is announcing plans for the future of the daca program. Help us understand who these dreamers are. How many are they. How long have they been in the United States on average . Guest a group of people designated in the last administration as eligible for a daca,m that he created, deferred action for childhood arrivals, created in the june of 2012. He said that young people whose parents had brought them here, whose parents are illegally in the country, therefore their fordren were eligible deferral of deportation as long as they had in the country already for five years, 16 years. Ld, and in school of course, didnt have any criminal record. That Program Began to be 2012. Ented in august of since that time, close to ,00,000 people, young people wh
Administration is announcing its plans for the future of the daca program. Doris mizer, first help us understand who these socalled d. R. E. A. M. Ers are, how many are they, how long have they been in the United States on average . Well, theyre a group of people who were designated in the last administration by president obama as eligible for a program that he created, daca, deferred action for childhood arrivals. He created it in 2012, june of 2012, and said that young people whose parents had brought them here, whose parents are illegally in the country and therefore their children were eligible for deferral of deportation. As long as they had been in the country already for five years, were 16 years old, and were in school and of course didnt have any kind of a criminal record. And so that Program Began to be implemented in august of 2012 and since that time close to 800,000 people, young people who themselves are illegally in the country but were brought here as young people, in o